a. Well, actually I can't hear any quality loss between 256 kbps and 128 kbps MP3, and so I have converted MP3 128 to WMA-48 , which *theoretically* loses some quality, but then again, I didn't hear any quality difference and it was high. I was only able to hear some quality loss when tried to compress aggressively into WMA-32-kbps. I have tested all quality options from WMA-32 to WMA-128 and decided to stick for WMA-48.
So, I presume it only depends on you (and your ears) - check several encoding options with different qualities, and if you don't hear any difference, then use more aggressive compression. b. KDE Konqueror theoretically supports Audio CD ripping on-the-fly. Never tried that. So mount your ISO image with mount command (or get some GUI) and use Konqueror to rip. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
